it just looked like your responses were aimed more at others — TogetherTurtle
One can OD on converging catastrophes. I fully believe they are on the way BUT in the mean time there is no advantage in going crazy with all the bad news out there — Bitter Crank
What experiences have you learned from that could help us rebuild after something like this? — TogetherTurtle
Guy Hubbard
Hydrogen cats
Notfamousanymore ---> Guy Hubbard
Realistically we need to start with hybrid cats, then move onto electric cats. Hydrogen cats would be a bit too lightweight. I'm sticking with my traditional cats for now though.
No, they did not swim and pull the boat. — Bitter Crank
There is a natural feeling of what is right and wrong. This can be the source of further examination.
I don't know how much of that is included in the curriculum or even as a way to inform individual or group discussion. However, the earlier we become aware of both internal and external factors related to wellbeingness, the better - in my opinion. — Amity
The answer to what should we do - depends on complex and interacting factors.
We should start by concentrating on the present. Look at evidence and use reason. Educate. — Amity
..In this age of multiple emergencies – climate chaos, pollution, social alienation – we should remember that technologies exist to serve us, not to dominate us...." — Amity
I think that you could have a general set of rules to prepare for anything, but specifics are really up to the disaster. Rationing food, for example, is something that would be needed regardless of the degree or type of disaster. It would also be nice to have some sort of central authority on this kind of stuff. I don't know about you but I don't count the UN. They aren't great about the whole "authority" thing. I think that's why most discussions about regulating industrial waste don't go anywhere. — TogetherTurtle
I think it is impossible to establish such fundament on a global scale without unified transcendent or totalitarian power. — Aleksander
I agree with this also, which suggests disaster will have to strike BEFORE any global commitment will be likely. We need a pathetic (if it is not pathetic, they will win) alien invasion to unite us before the world kicks us out. - just saw that @emancipatealready covered this.To solve global problems countries have to co-operate to do a lot of difficult and extremely disruptive and expensive things. They won't do that, not all at once in a sufficiently co-ordinated way. It's too disparate and competitive. — bert1
I was just being a smartass due to you asking "what is the greatest strength of the human mind," whereupon you listed a handful of things and then said "All of the above." — Terrapin Station
I am going to have to put some thought into this. It was so much easier to just pick apart a partial hypothetical, hehe. — ZhouBoTong
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